Flint business robbed at gunpoint, suspect fled, police say

FLINT, MI – A Flint business was robbed at gunpoint by a man who then fled on foot, police said.

Officers were called to the store in the 700 block of Pierson Road Tuesday, June 17, when an employee reported a man described as between 19 and 20 years old pointed a revolver at him while making a purchase, read the police report.

The suspect stole an undisclosed amount of money from the register, police said, and then fled north bound on North Saginaw Street.

The thief was described in a police report as wearing blue jeans and a white T-shirt. Police dogs were used in the search, police said, but the pursuit was unsuccessful.